Obstetrics

Damian Alagia, III, MD, joined Contemporary OB/GYN for a discussion on STIs in women, associated stigma, and structural barriers to testing.

Get caught up with Contemporary OB/GYN! This list helps you navigate our top stories from the week, all in one place.

ACOG, SWHR, and WFRC are calling on Congress to invest $20B over 10 years to close the women's health gap.

IGFBP4/SHBG screen-guided care cut NICU admissions from 16.4% to 12.8% in nulliparous PRIME trial participants.

Alcohol use increased from 8% to 44% postpartum among pregnant people with HIV, with distinct risk factors identified for alcohol vs cannabis use.

The phase 4 study's oversampling of moderate PPD patients, showing a nearly 9-point EPDS drop by day 15, helps close a gap left by trials that enrolled predominantly severe cases.

Roshni Koli, MD, describes how embedding mental health care within the ob-gyn setting drove high engagement and rapid symptom remission in a perinatal collaborative care study.

A recap of the top-performing, most-viewed Contemporary OB/GYN stories from June 2026, including new SMFM guidance on acetaminophen in pregnancy, ACOG's break from federal vaccine recommendations, and our coverage of SLEEP 2026 in Baltimore.

Nishita Pondugula, MD, MS, explains her session surrounding associations of gestational weight gain and hypertensive pregnancy disorders with prepregnancy GLP-1 exposure.

The vacuum device was favored on three measures: lower ICU admission (5% vs 12%), lower blood transfusion rates (48% vs 62%), and shorter indwelling time (by 1.96 hours), all P <.001.

Mark Simon, MD, MMM, highlights the role of the OB hospitalist as a collaborative partner who can initiate rapid treatment for hypertensive crises in the hospital setting.

An updated consensus statement from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine confirms that acetaminophen remains the safest first-line treatment for pain and fever during pregnancy.

These are the top 5 headlines you might have missed from May 2026.

Esther H. Chung, MD, discusses how earlier fertility education, emotional screening, and structured referrals can improve patient experiences and outcomes in infertility care.

Early postpartum visits were associated with a 44% reduction in acute care use among patients with SUD, regardless of care model.

“The data show that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy is an effective way to protect infants from a serious disease at a time when they are most at risk," said Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH.

Eduardo Lara-Torre, MD, FACOG, explains that the unbundling of obstetric codes on January 1, 2027, will allow physicians to bill for each visit individually rather than receiving a single bundled payment.

Members of the BillionToOne team joined us at ACOG to discuss the launch of the new Unity Confirm fetal cell-based test for confirmation of high-risk prenatal screening results.

Take a look back at our coverage (so far) of the 2026 ACOG meeting in Washington, DC

The review of over 120 studies published since 2024 found no credible evidence linking HPV vaccination to serious adverse pregnancy outcomes or other long-term health risks.

Contemporary OB/GYN will be on site in Washington, D.C. to cover the latest data out of the 75th Annual ACOG Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

Yeo details the use of PBPK modeling alongside organ-on-a-chip technology to predict fetal drug exposure and optimize the maternal risk-benefit ratio.

"Results remained similar in subgroup analyses of early- and late-onset, and preterm and term preeclampsia," according to findings.

Effective January 1, 2027, the Current Procedural Terminology codes will replace the global maternity payment model to bill for antepartum, labor, delivery, and postpartum phases.

Ramu Perni highlights how the "one tube" workflow streamlines obstetric practices by enabling add-on RBC and platelet antigen tests.